Midland Main Line: Nottingham-Lincoln

This 36-mile route links Nottingham with the picturesque city of Lincoln via Newark-on-Trent and lets you drive from Nottingham to Lincoln as well as from Newark Northgate to Lincoln. The route is Quick Drive enabled and includes 15 detailed stations along with numerous new custom assets along the length of the route.

Eight Standard scenarios which require additional payware add-ons are included as well as eight scenarios which only require the default Train Simulator stock.

STATIONS

• Nottingham
• Netherfield (on the branch line to Grantham)
• Carlton
• Burton Joyce
• Lowdham
• Thurgarton
• Bleasby
• Fiskerton
• Rolleston
• Newark Castle
• Newark North Gate
• Collingham
• Swinderby
• Hykeham
• Lincoln

FEATURES TO LOOK OUT FOR ON THE ROUTE
Landmark buildings and other features of interest have been modelled along the length of the route – these are some of them, listed in the order you’d see them when driving from Nottingham to Lincoln:

• Colwick Woods Court
• Netherfield Junction
• Forterra building supplies
• Fiskerton Junction signal box
• Staythorpe Crossing box
• Staythorpe Power Station
• Staythorpe Viaduct
• Newark Castle
• Newark auction house
• Newark British Sugar
• Nether Lock Viaduct
• Newark flat crossing
• Swinderby signal box
• Lindum building
• Boultham Junction
• Lincoln Signalling Control Centre
• West Holmes Junction
• Lincoln University
• Brayford Pool
• East Holmes signal box
• Lincoln Castle
• Lincoln High Street signal box
• Lincoln Cathedral
• Lincoln central bus station
• Siemens energy works
• Pelham Street Junction
• Stagecoach bus depot sidings

SCENARIOS
Eight scenarios are included which require additional payware content along with eight which only require default Train Simulator stock and the European Loco and Asset pack; these are prefixed with [Default].

Here’s a list of all the add-ons required to operate those scenarios which require additional payware stock.

Just Trains

• Class 222 Advanced 2019
• Class 153 DMU Advanced

Steam

• BR Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ DMU Add-On
• Network SouthEast Class 159 DMU Add-On
• EWS Class 66 v2.0 Loco Add-On
• Freightliner Class 70 Loco Add-On
• Settle to Carlisle Route Add-On
• LNER BR Class 43 ‘High Speed Train’ Remastered Loco Add-On

Armstrong Powerhouse

• Class 156 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack
• Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack
• Class 43 (VP185)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
• Class 66 Enhancement Pack
• JNA-C Wagon Pack
• Class 43 (MTU)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack

Standard scenarios requiring additional payware add-ons

2A46 14:39 Newark Castle – Matlock

• Drive a single Class 153 DMU from Newark Castle to Matlock.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 40 minutes

2N31 10:37 Matlock – Newark Castle

• Join 158773 at Nottingham, working 2N31 to Newark Castle.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 35 minutes

2L60 10:36 Lincoln – Leicester

• Take control of the 10:36 East Midlands Trains service to Leicester.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 60 minutes

2L75 15:30 Leicester – Sleaford

• Drive an East Midlands Trains Class 156, working 2L75 from Leicester to Lincoln.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 50 minutes

6M00 14:30 Humber – Kingsbury

• Drive 66098 from Lincoln to Nottingham, where a crew change will take place.
• Difficulty: Medium/Hard
• Duration: 65 minutes

1Z13/1Z14 Lincoln to Newark Shuttle

• Drive 43045 + 43081 to Newark Northgate on 1Z13, then return to Lincoln with 1Z14.
• Difficulty: Medium
• Duration: 55 minutes

5Z11/1Z12 Lincoln to Nottingham Shuttle

• Good morning, driver. Today the Christmas markets are taking place in Lincoln. You have been tasked with using this High Speed Train set to run an additional service to help with capacity. First, prepare your cab ready for departure here at Lincoln. You'll be running empty to Nottingham and then return with 1Z12 which is a non-stop run between Nottingham and Lincoln. Have a safe trip!
• Difficulty: Medium
• Duration: 115 minutes

1B81 07:30 Lincoln – London Kings Cross

• Drive 43290 + 43308 on the morning southbound Lincoln to London Kings Cross service.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 27 minutes

Standard scenarios using default Train Simulator stock
No additional payware add-ons are needed for these scenarios to operate correctly.

[Default] 2A46 14:39 Newark Castle – Matlock

• Drive a DMU from Newark Castle to Matlock.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 40 minutes

[Default] 2N31 10:37 Matlock – Newark Castle

• Join your unit at Nottingham, working 2N31 to Newark Castle.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 35 minutes

[Default] 2L60 10:36 Lincoln – Leicester

• Take control of the 10:36 East Midlands Trains service to Leicester.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 60 minutes

[Default] 2L75 15:30 Leicester – Sleaford

• Drive a DMU working 2L75 from Leicester to Lincoln.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 50 minutes

[Default] [NL] 6M00 14:30 Humber – Kingsbury

• Drive from Lincoln to Nottingham where a crew change will take place.
• Difficulty: Medium/Hard
• Duration: 65 minutes

[Default] [NL] 1Z13/1Z14 Lincoln to Newark Shuttle

• Drive an HST to Newark Northgate on 1Z13, then return to Lincoln with 1Z14.
• Difficulty: Medium
• Duration: 55 minutes

[Default] [NL] 5Z11/1Z12 Lincoln to Nottingham Shuttle

• Good morning, driver. Today the Christmas markets are taking place in Lincoln. You have been tasked with using this High Speed Train set to run an additional service to help with capacity. First, prepare your cab ready for departure here at Lincoln. You'll be running empty to Nottingham and then return with 1Z12 which is a non-stop run between Nottingham and Lincoln. Have a safe trip!
• Difficulty: Medium
• Duration: 115 minutes

[Default] 1B81 07:30 Lincoln – London Kings Cross

• Drive a High Speed Train on the morning southbound Lincoln to London Kings Cross service.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Duration: 27 minutes

Free Roam scenarios

• Pick a train and explore the route!
• Lincoln Free Roam
• Newark Northgate Free Roam
• Nottingham Free Roam

• Latest Train Simulator + European Loco & Asset Pack
• Windows 10 / 11
• Intel Core-i5 4690 3.50 GHz Quad Core or AMD Ryzen 7 1700 3.80 GHz Quad Core or better
• 4 GB RAM (16 GB or more recommended)
• nVidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 480 with 4 GB dedicated VRAM or more
• DirectX 9.0c
• Broadband Connection for Train Simulator
• Storage: High Performance SSD recommended
• Sound card: DirectX-compatible audio device
• 145 MB hard drive space

Some of the included scenarios require additional payware add-ons to run correctly.